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THE 
PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 



A COMPLETE AND 
BEAUTIFUL EDITION OF BUNYAN'S 

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 

With 30 Illustrations in Colour by Byam 

Shaw. Size, square 8vo, bound in cloth 

richly gilt, with gilt top. 



NEW YORK 
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Do you see yonder wicket-gate ? ' 



John Bunyan 

THE 

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 

TOLD TO THE CHILDREN BY 

MARY MACGREGOR 

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WITH PICTURES BY 

BYAM SHAW 




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IN DREAMLAND 

When the day is over, and the dark night 
comes, children often wander into a strange 
land, — the Land of Dreams. 

Sometimes what they see and hear there is 
more strange than anything they see or hear 
in the wake-a-day world, and that is why, 
when morning comes, they long to tell their 
dreams to all who will listen. 

More than two hundred years ago, a tinker, 
called John Bunyan, was imprisoned in 
Bedford Jail. But one night the tinker left 
his prison and wandered into the Land of 
Dreams, and there he saw wonderful sights 
and heard wonderful words. 

As there was no one to listen to his dream, 
John Bunyan wrote it down and had it made 
into a book, and the book he called The PiJ- 
grim's Progress, It is about the journey and 
adventures of a pilgrim and his companions. 

Into this little book I have copied the 
adventures that will interest boys and girls, 
and that will make them want to read the 
whole of Bunyan's dream when they grow 
older. 

MARY MACGREGOR. 



LIST OF PICTURES 

*Do you see yonder Wicket-gate?* . . Prottttapiece 

At Page 
* Bring hither the water and sprinkle the room,' . 24 

They would take him to the armoury before he left 

them 38 

At the town there was a fair kept, called Vanity Fair, 4* 

The owner of the Castle was Giant Despair, . . 54 

They were within sight o! the City to which they went, 66 

The Interpreter then called for a manservant of his, 

named Greatheart, 86 

They saw one man called Fool, and another man called 
Want-wit, washing a man who came from a 
country where all men are black, , . » - Ii6 



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THE FIRST PART 

As I slept I dreamed a dream. I dreamed, 
and behold, I saw a man clothed with rags, 
standing in a certain place, with his face 
away from his own house, a book in his 
hand, and a great burden upon his back. 

I looked, and saw him open the book, and 
read therein, and as he read, he wept and 
trembled. His fear was so great that he 
brake out with a mournful cry, saying, 
'What shall I do?* 

In this plight therefore he went home, and 
did all he could to hide his distress from 
his wife and children. But he could not be 
silent long, because his trouble increased. 
Wherefore at length he began to talk to his 
wife and children thus: *0 my dear wife, 
said he, 'and you my children, I am in despair 



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by reason of a burden that lieth heavy on me. 
Moreover I am for certain told that this our 
city will be burned v^ith fire from heaven, 
when both myself, with thee, my wife, and you, 
my sweet babes, shall be ruined, except some 
way of escape can be found.* 

At this his wife and children were sore 
amazed, not because they believed that what 
he had said to them was true, but because 
they thought he must be ill to talk in so 
strange a way. Therefore, as it was even- 
ing, and they hoped sleep might soothe him, 
with all haste they got him to bed. 

But the night was as troublesome to him 
as the day, wherefore instead of sleeping he 
spent it in sighs and tears. 

So when the morning was come, they asked 
him how he did. He told them, 'Worse and 
worse,' and began to talk to them again in 
the same strange manner, but they began 
to be careless of his words. They also 
thought to drive away his fancies by harsh 
and rough behaviour to him. Sometimes 
they would mock, sometimes they would 



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scold, and sometimes they would quite 
neglect him. 

Wherefore he began to stay in his room to 
pray for and pity them, and also to comfort 
his own misery. He would also walk alone 
in the fields, sometimes reading and some- 
times praying, and thus for some days he 
spent his time. 

Now I saw in my dream that when he was 
walking in the fields, he was reading his book 
and greatly distressed in mind. And as he 
read, he burst out crying, 'What shall I do 
to be saved.* 

I saw also that he looked this way and 
that way, as if he would run. Yet he stood 
still, because, as I saw, he could not tell 
which way to go. 

I looked then, and saw a man, named 
Evangelist, coming to him, who asked, 
* Wherefore dost thou cry ? ' 

He answered, * Sir, I see by the book in my 
hand that I am condemned to die, and after 
that to be judged. And I find I am not will- 
ing to die, nor able to be judged.' 



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Then said Evangelist, *Why not willing 
to die, since in this life you are so un- 
happy?* 

The man answered, 'Because I fear this 
burden will sink me lower than the grave, 
and the thought of that makes me cry.* 

Then said Evangelist, * If this be thy fear, 
why standest thou still ? * 

He answered, * Because I know not whither 
to go.' 

So Evangelist gave him a parchment roll, 
and there was written within, * Fly from the 
wrath to come.* 

The man therefore read it, and looking upon 
Evangelist very carefully, said, 'Whither must 
I fly?* 

Then said Evangelist, pointing with his 
finger over a very wide field, * Do you sec 
yonder Wicket-gate ? ' 

The man said, * No.' 

* Well,* said the other, * Do you see yonder 
shining light?* 

He said, * I think I do.* 

Then said Evangelist, ' Keep that light in 



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thine eye, and go up directly thereto, so shalt 
thou see the gate. When thou knockest, it 
shall be told thee what thou shalt do.' 

So I saw in my dream that the man began 
to run. 

Now he had not run far from his own door 
when his wife and children, seeing it, began 
to cry after him to return. 

But the man put his fingers in his ears, and 
ran on, crying, *Life, life, eternal life!' So 
he looked not behind him, but fied towards 
the middle of the plain. 

The neighbours also came out to see him 
run. And as he ran some mocked, others 
threatened, and some cried after him to 
return. 

Among those that did so were two that 
were resolved to fetch him back by force. 

The name of the one was Obstinate, and 
the name of the other was Pliable. 

Now by this time the man was got a good 
distance from them, but they had made up 
their minds to follow him, which they did, 
and in a little time overtook him. 



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Then said the man, 'Neighbours, where- 
fore are you come ? ' 

They said, *To persuade you to go back 
with us.' 

But he said, 'That can by no means be. 
You dwell in the City of Destruction, the 
place where I was bom. Be content, good 
neighbours, and go along with me.' 

*What!* said Obstinate, *and leave our 
friends and our comforts behind us ! * 

*Yes,* said Christian, for that was his 
name. 

* What do you seek, since you leave all the 
world to find it ? ' said Obstinate. 

* I seek a treasure that never fades away. 
It is laid up in heaven and is safe there,' said 
Christian. *Read it so, if you will, in my 
book.' 

*Tush!* said Obstinate, *away with your 
book. Will you go back with us or no ? ' 

*No, not I,' said the other, 'because I have 
just set out.' 

'Come then. Neighbour Pliable, let us turn 
again and go home without him.' 



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Then said Pliable, *If what the good 
Christian says is true, the things he looks 
after are better than ours. My heart makes 
me wish to go with him. But, my good 
Christian, do you know the way you are 
going .>* 

*I am directed by a man, whose name is 
Evangelist, to speed me to a little gate that 
is before us, where we shall be told about the 
way.* 

* Come then, good neighbour,' said Pliable, 
Met us be going.' Then they went both 
together. 

*And I will go back to my place,' said 
Obstinate. * I will be no companion of such 
mistaken and foolish fellows.' 

Now I saw in my dream that when Obstin- 
ate was gone back. Christian and Pliable 
went talking over the plain. 

* I will tell you what my book says of the 
country to which we are going, and of the 
people we shall meet there,* said Christian. 

' But do you think the words of your book 
are certainly true ? ' said Pliable. 



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'Yes/ said Christian, 'for it was written by 
Him who cannot lie.' 

'Well,' said Pliable, 'tell me about this 
country.' 

' In this country,* said Christian, ' we shall 
live for ever. There are crowns of glory to 
be given us, and garments that will make us 
shine like the sun.' 

'This is excellent,' said Pliable ; 'and what 
else?' 

'There shall be no more crying nor sorrow, 
for He that is the Owner of the place will 
wipe all tears from our eyes,* said Christian. 

'And what companions shall we have 
there?' asked Pliable. 

'There we shall be with those that will 
dazzle your eyes to look on. There also you 
shall meet with thousands and tens of thou- 
sands that have gone before us to that place. 
None of them are hurtful, but loving and 
holy. In a word, there shall we see some 
with their golden crowns, there we shall see 
maidens with golden harps, there we shall 
see men that here were cut in pieces, burnt 



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in flames, eaten by beasts, and drowned in 
the seas, all for the love they bare to the 
Lord of this place. Now they are all well, 
and clothed with beautiful garments.' 

And as Pliable heard of the excellence of 
the country and of the company to which 
they were going, he said, 'Well, my good 
companion, glad am I to hear of these things. 
Come on, let us go with more speed.' 

* I cannot go as fast as I would by reason 
of this burden that is on my back,' said 
Christian. 

Now I saw in my dream that just as they 
had ended their talk, they drew nigh to a bog 
that was in the midst of the plain, and they 
being heedless did both fall suddenly into it 
The name of this bog was the Slough of 
Despond. 

Here therefore they struggled for a time, 
being grievously covered with dirt And 
Christian, because of the burden that was 
on his back, began to sink in the mire. 

Then said Pliable, *Ah, Neighbour 
Christian, where are you now? * 

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* Truly,* said Christian, *I do not 
know.' 

At this Pliable began to be offended, and 
said angrily, * Is this the happiness you 
have told me of all this while? If I get 
out again with my life, you shall possess the 
wonderful country alone.' 

And with that he gave a desperate struggle 
or two, and got out of the mire on that side 
of the bog which was next to his own house. 
So away he went, and Christian saw him 
no more. 

Wherefore Christian was left to tumble in 
the Slough of Despond alone. But still he 
tried to struggle to that side of the Slough 
that was further from his own house, and 
next to the Wicket-gate. But he could not 
get out because of the burden that was 
upon his back. 

And I beheld in my dream that a man 
came to him, whose name was Help, and 
asked him what he did there. 

*Sir,' said Christian, *I was bid to go 
this way by a man called Evangelist, who 



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directed me also to yonder gate, and as I 
was going thither I fell in here.' 

*Why did you not look for the steps?* 
said Help. 

* I was so full of fear,' answered Christian, 
*that I fled the next way and fell in.' 

Then said Help, * Give me thy hand.' So 
Christian gave him his hand, and he drew 
him out and set him upon sound ground, 
and bid him go on his way. 

Now in my dream I stepped up to the 
man that plucked Christian out, and said : 

*Sir, wherefore, since over this place is 
the way from the City of Destruction to the 
Wicket-gate, is it that this Slough is not 
mended, that poor travellers might go over 
in more safety?' 

And he said to me, 'This place cannot be 
mended, yet it is not the pleasure of the 
King that it should remain so bad. His 
labourers also have for more than sixteen 
hundred years been employed on this patch 
of ground, in the hope that it might perhaps 
be mended. There has been swallowed up 



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here twenty thousand cartloads of the best 
material in the attempt to mend the place. 
But it is the Slough of Despond still ; and 
still will be so, when they have done all 
they can. It is true that there are some 
good and strong steps even through the 
very midst of this mire. But men through 
the dizziness of their head miss the steps 
and so tumble into the mire, but the ground 
is good when they have once got in at the 
gate.' 

Then I saw in my dream that by this time 
Pliable was got home to his house. So his 
neighbours came to visit him, and some of 
them called him wise man for coming back, 
and some called him fool for going with 
Christian. Others again did mock at his 
cowardliness, saying, 'Surely since you 
began to go, you need not have been so base 
as to have given out for a few difficulties. 
So Pliable sat like a coward among them. 

Now as Christian was walking alone, he 
espied one afar off, come crossing over the 
field to meet him. The gentleman's name 



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was Mr. Worldly Wiseman. He dwelt in 
a very great town, close by the one from 
which Christian came. 

This man, then, meeting with Christian, 
began thus to enter into some talk with him. 

'How now, good fellow, whither are you 
going in this burdened manner ? ' 

*A burdened manner indeed,* said 
Christian. *I am going, sir, to yonder 
Wicket-gate before me, for there, I am told, 
I shall be put into a way to be rid of my 
heavy burden.* 

*Hast thou a wife and children? asked 
Mr. Worldly Wiseman. 

*Yes, but I am so laden with this burden 
that I cannot take that pleasure in them as 
formerly.* 

*Will you hearken to me if I give thee 
counsel?* 

* If it be good, I will, for I stand in need 
of good counsel.' 

* I would advise thee, then, that thou with 
all speed get thyself rid of thy burden, for 
thou wilt never be contented till then.* 



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*That is what I seek for, even to be rid 
of tliis heavy burden, but get it off msrself 
I cannot, nor is there any man living in our 
country can take it off my shoulders. There- 
fore am I going this way, as I told you, that 
I may be rid of my burden.' 

*Who bid thee go this way to be rid of 
thy burden?* 

* A man that appeared to me a very great 
and honourable person. His name, as I 
remember, is Evangelist* 

* He has given thee foolish counsel There 
is not a more dangerous and troublesome 
way in the world than is that unto which he 
hath directed thee. Thou hast met with 
some danger already, for I see the mud of 
the Slough of Despond is upon thee. Hear 
me, I am older than thou. Thou art likely 
to meet with, in the way which thou goest, 
painfulness, hunger, nakedness, sword, lions, 
dragons, darkness, and death.* 

*Why, sir, this burden upon my back is 
more terrible to me than all these things.* 

* But why wilt thou seek for ease this way, 



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seeing: so many dangers attend it? Hadst 
thou but patience to listen, I could direct 
thee how to get what thou desirest, 
without the danger that thou in this way 
wilt run thyself into/ 

*Sir, I pray that thou wilt tell me this 
secret* 

•Why, in yonder village there dwells a 
gentleman, who is very wise, and who has 
skill to help men off with burdens like 
thine from their shoulders. To him thou 
mayest go to be helped at once. His house 
is not quite a mile from this place, and if 
thou dost not desire to go back to the City 
of Destruction, as indeed I would not wish 
thee, thou mayest send for thy wife and 
children to come to thee to this village. 
There are houses now standing empty, one 
of which thou mayest have without great cost. 
Food is there also, cheap and good, and 
what will make thy life the more happy is, 
that thou Shalt live beside honest neighbours, 
in respect and comfort.' 

Now was Christian puzzled, but he 



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thought, *If what Mr. Worldly Wiseman 
says is true, my wisest plan is to take his 
advice.* 

*Sir,* said Christian, 'which is my way 
to this honest man's house? ' 

* Do you see yonder high hill ? ' 

* Yes, very well.* 

* By that hill you must go, and the first 
house you come to is his.' 

So Christian turned out of his way to go 
to the house for help. But behold, when 
he was now close to the hill, it seemed so 
steep, and also that side of it that was next 
the wayside did hang so much over, that 
Christian was afraid to venture farther, lest 
the hill should fall on his head. Wherefore 
he stood still, and knew not what to do. 
Also his burden now seemed heavier to him 
than while he was in his way. There came 
also flashes of fire out of the hill, that made 
Christian afraid that he should be burned. 
Here therefore he did quake for fear. 

And now he began to be sorry that he 
had taken Mr. Worldly Wiseman's counsel. 



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Then he saw Evangelist coming to meet 
him, at the sight also of whom he began 
to blush for shame. 

So Evangelist drew nearer and nearer, 
and coming up to him, he looked upon him 
with a severe and dreadful countenance. 

*What dost thou here, Christian?* said 
he. At which words Christian knew not 
what to answer, wherefore at first he stood 
speechless before him. 

Then said Evangelist, *Art not thou the 
man I found crying without the walls of 
the City of Destruction ? 

* Yes,* said Christian, * I am the man.' 
*Did I not direct thee the way to the 

little Wicket-gate?' 

* Yes,* said Christian. 

* How is it, then, that thou art so quickly 
turned out of the way ? * 

' I met with a gentleman, as soon as I had 
got over the Slough of Despond, who told 
me that in yonder village I might find a 
man who could take off my burden.* 

' What was he like ? * 



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'He looked like a gentleman, and talked 
much to me, and got me at last to believe 
his words. So I came hither, but when I 
beheld this hill and how it hangs over the 
way, I suddenly stood still, lest it should 
fall on my head/ 

* What said that gentleman to you ? ' 

* Why, he asked me whither I was going, 
and if I had a wife and children, and he bid 
me make speed to get rid of my burden. 
And I said, "I am going to yonder gate 
to be told how I may get rid of it." 

* So he said he would show me a better and 
a shorter way, and not so full of difficulties 
as the way that you directed me. But when 
I came to this place, I stopped for fear 
of danger, and now I know not what to 
do I* So Christian stood trembling before 
Evangelist. 

Then said Evangelist, *Give heed to the 
things I shall tell thee. Mr. Worldly Wise- 
man sought to turn thee out of the way 
and to bring thee into danger. In yonder 
village has no man ever yet got rid of his 



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burden, nor is he ever likely to lose it there. 
Therefore, Mr. Worldly Wiseman and his 
friend are deceivers, and cannot help thee.* 

After this there came words and fire out of 
the mountain under which Christian stood. 

Now Christian looked for nothing but 
death, and began to cry out, saying he would 
he had never met Mr. Worldly Wiseman 
or that he had never listened to him. 

Then he turned to Evangelist and said, 
* Sir, what do you think ? Is there any hope ? 
May I now go back and go up to the Wicket- 
gate ? Or shall I be sent back from the gate 
ashamed? I am sorry I have listened to 
this man's counsel, but may my sins be for- 
given ? * 

Evangelist said to him, * Thy sin is very 
great Thou hast left the good way and 
walked in forbidden paths. Yet will the man 
at the gate receive thee, for he has goodwill 
for men. Only,* said he, 'take heed that 
thou turn not aside again.* 

Then did Christian prepare to go back. 
And Evangelist, after he had kissed him. 



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g^ave him one smile, and bid him God- 
speed. 

So Christian went on with haste, neither 
spake he to any man by the way. Even if 
any one spoke to him, he would not venture 
an answer. 

He walked like one that was all the while 
treading on forbidden ground, and could by 
no means think himself safe, till again he 
had got into the way which he had left to 
follow Mr. Worldly Wiseman's counsel. So 
in process of time Christian got up to the 
gate. 

Now over the gate there was written, 
* Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.' 

He knocked therefore more than once or 
twice. 

At last there came a grave person to the 
gate, named Goodwill. He asked who was 
there, and whence he came, and what he 
desired. 

* I am a sinner,' said Christian ; * I come 
from the City of Destruction, but am going to 
Mount Zion. I am told that by this gate is 



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the way thither, and I would know if you are 
willing to let me in.* 

*I am willing: with all my heart,* said 
Goodwill, and he opened the gate. 

So when Christian was stepping in, the 
other gave him a pull. 

* Why do you do that ? * said Christian. 
Then Goodwill told him, *A little distance 

from this gate a strong castle has been built, 
of which Beelzebub is the captain. And he 
and those that are with him shoot arrows at 
those that come up to this gate, hoping they 
may die before they enter in.' 

So when Christian had come in. Goodwill 
asked him who had directed him to the 
gate. 

* Evangelist bid me come here and knock, 
as I did. And he said that you, sir, would tell 
me what I must do.* 

Then Goodwill said, Xome a little way 
with me, good Christian, and I will teach 
thee about the way thou must go. Look 
before thee ; dost thou see this narrow way ? 
That is the way thou must go, and it is as 



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straight as a rule can make it This is the 
way thou must go.* 

*But,* said Christian, *are there no turn- 
ings, nor windings, by which a stranger may 
lose his way ? * 

* Yes, there are many ways join this, but 
they are crooked and wide. Thou mayest 
know the right from the wrong way, for the 
right way is always strait and narrow. 

Then I saw in my dream that Christian 
asked him if he could not help him off with 
his burden that was upon his back. For as 
yet he had not got rid of it, nor could he get 
it off without help. 

But Goodwill said, * Thou must be content 
to bear it, until thou comest to a place where 
stands a Cross, for there it will fall from thy 
back of itself. 

Then Christian began to get ready to con- 
tinue his journey. So Goodwill told him that 
when he had gone some distance from the 
gate, he would come to the house of the 
Interpreter, at whose door he should knock, 
and he would show him wonderful things. 



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Then Christian took leave of his friend, and 
he agciin bid him God-speed. 

Now Christian went on till he came to the 
house of the Interpreter, where he knocked 
over and over. At last one came to the door 
and asked who was there. 

*Sir,* said Christian, *I am a traveller who 
was told by Goodwill to call here. I would 
therefore speak with the master of the house.* 
So he called for the master of the house, who, 
after a little time, came to Christian and 
asked what he would have. 

* Sir,* said Christian, * I am a man that has 
come from the City of Destruction, and I am 
going to Mount Zion. I was told by the 
man that stands at the Wicket-gate that if I 
called here you would show me things that 
would help me on my journey.* 

Then said the Interpreter, * Come in, and I 
will show thee what will help thee.* So he 
commanded his man to light the candle, and 
bid Christian follow him. Then he took him 
into a private room, and bid his man open a 
door. 



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And Christian saw the picture of a very 
grave person hung up against the wall. He 
had eyes lifted up to heaven, the best of 
books in his hand, and a crown of gold did 
hang over his head. 

Then said Christian, 'What means this?* 

*The man whose picture this is,' answered 
the Interpreter, * is one of a thousand. He 
is the only man who may be thy guide in all 
difficult places thou mayest meet with in the 
way. Wherefore be very careful to remember 
whom thou hast seen.' 

Then the Interpreter led him into a very 
large parlour that was full of dust, because 
it was never swept, and after he had looked 
at it for a little while, the Interpreter called 
for a man to sweep. 

Now when he began to sweep, the dust 
began to fly about, so that Christian was 
almost choked. Then said the Interpreter 
to a damsel that stood near, 'Bring hither 
the water and sprinkle the room.' And 
when this was done the room was swept 
and cleansed. 




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Then said Christian, 'What does this 
mean ? * 

The Interpreter answered, *This parlour 
is like the heart of an evil man. The dust is 
his sin, and the damsel that sprinkles the 
water is the Gospel. 

I saw moreover in my dream, that the 
Interpreter took Christian by the hand and 
led him into a little room, where sat two 
little children, each one in his chair. The 
name of the eldest was Passion, and the 
name of the other Patience. Passion seemed 
to be very discontented, but Patience was 
very quiet 

Then Christian asked, ' What is the reason 
of the discontent of Passion ? * 

The Interpreter answered, *The governor 
of the children would have them wait for 
their new toys, till the beginning of next 
year, but Passion wishes to have them all 
now, while Patience is willing to wait.* 

Then the Interpreter took Christian to 
a place where there was a fire burning 
against a wall, and one standing near it, 
c 



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always casting much water upon it to quench 
it, yet did the fire burn higher and hotter. 
But afterwards the Interpreter took him to 
the back of the wall, where he saw a man 
with a vessel of oil in his hand, and he 
poured the oil continually, but secretly, 
into the fire. 

*What does this mean?* asked Christian. 

The Interpreter answered, *The fire is a 
picture of the grace God puts into the heart 
He that casts water on it to put it out is 
the Evil One. And the man who pours oil 
on the fire to keep it alight is Christ.* 

I saw also that the Interpreter took 
Christian again by the hand and led him into 
a place, where was builded a stately palace, 
beautiful to behold, at the sight of which 
Christian was greatly delighted. 

He saw also upon the top of the palace 
certain persons walking, and they were 
clothed all in gold. 

Then said Christian, *May we go in 
here?* 

So the Interpreter took him and led him 



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toward the door of the palace. Now before 
they came up to the door, they passed a 
man, sitting at a table, with a book and his 
inkhom before him, to take dov/n the name 
of any who should enter. 

And, behold, at the door stood a great 
company of men, who wished to go in, but 
did not dare to enter, for within the doorway 
stood many men in armour to guard it. 

Now, these men in armour were deter- 
mined to do any who would enter as much 
harm and mischief as they could. 

Now was Christian amazed. 

At last, when every man started back for 
fear of the armed men, Christian saw a 
man with a very strong face come up to 
the man that sat at the table, saying : 

* Set down my name, sir.* 

And when this was done. Christian saw 
the strong man draw his sword and put an 
helmet on his head, and rush toward the 
door upon the armed men. 

The armed men fought with great 
strength, but the man with the strong face 



28 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 

was not at all discouraged, but fought most 
fiercely. 

So after he had received and given many 
wounds to those that tried to keep him out, 
he cut his way through them all, and pressed 
forward into the palace. 

Then there was a pleasant voice heard 
from those that walked upon the top of the 
palace saying : 

' Come in, come in ; 
Eternal glory thou shalt win.' 

So he went in and was clothed in such 
garments as they. 

* Now,' said Christian, * let me go. 

And the Interpreter said, *Hast thou 
understood these things? * 

*Yes,* said Christian, and he began to 
get ready to go on his journey. 

Then said the Interpreter, * God be always 
with thee, good Christian, to guide thee in 
the way that leads to Mount Zion.' 

Now I saw in my dream that the highway 
up which Christian was to go was fenced on 
either side with a wall. Up this way there- 



THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 29 

fore did Christian run, but not without great 
difficulty, because of the load on his back. 

He ran thus till he came to a steeper place, 
and upon that place stood a Cross, and a 
little below, a Sepulchre. 

So I saw in my dream that just as Christian 
came up to the Cross his burden fell from 
ofif his back, and began to tumble till it came 
to the mouth of the Sepulchre, where it fell 
in and I saw it no more. 

Then was Christian glad and happy, and 
he stood for a while to look and wonder, 
for it was surprising to him to see that the 
Cross should make him lose his burden. 

Now as he stood looking, behold three 
Shining Ones came to him and greeted 
him. 

The first said to him, *Thy sins be for- 
given thee.* The second took away all his 
rags and clothed him in new raiment. The 
third set a mark on his forehead and gave 
him a roll with a seal on it, which he should 
give in at the Celestial Gate. So they went 
their way. 



30 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 

Then Christian gave three leaps for joy 
and went on singing. 

I saw then in my dream that as he walked 
he saw two men come tumbling over the 
wall into the narrow way. 

* Gentlemen, where do you come from and 
whither do you go ? * said Christian. 

They told him, * We were born in a land 
called Vainglory, and we are going to Mount 
Zion: 

* Why came you not in at the gate ? * said 
Christian. 

They said that to go to the gate was too 
far, so they had taken a short cut and 
climbed over the wall. 

' But,* said Christian, * will the Lord of the 
City to which we are going be pleased that 
you should come into the way over the wall ? * 

But the men said he need not trouble his 
head about that, for what they did had been 
done many times before. It had been a 
custom for more than a thousand years. 
And besides, said they, * If we get into the 
way, what does it matter how we get in? 



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You came in by the Wicket-gate, and are 
in the way, and we came tumbling over the 
wall and are in the way, so now we are all 
in the same condition.* 

* But,* said Christian, * I walk by the Rule 
of my Master, and you walk just as you like 
best* 

Then said they, *We see not how thou 
art different to us, except by the coat thou 
wearest, and that, we suppose, was given 
thee by some of thy neighbours, to hide thy 
rags.* 

* Well,* said Christian, *the Lord of the City 
to which I go gave me this coat the day that 
he took away from me my rags. He will 
surely know me, since I have His coat on 
my back. I have also a mark in my fore- 
head, which you may not have noticed, and 
this was given to me by one of my Lord's 
friends, on the day my burden fell off my 
shoulders. I will tell you too, that I had a 
roll given me, to comfort me by reading, as 
I go on the way. I am also to give in the 
roll at the Celestial Gate. All these things I 



32 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 

think you are without, because you came not 
in at the gate.* 

To these things they gave him no answer, 
only they looked at each other and laughed 

I beheld then, that they all went on with- 
out talking much together, till they came to 
the foot of the hill Difficulty, at the bottom 
of which was a spring. The narrow way lay 
right up the hill, but there were also two 
other ways here. One turned to the left 
hand and the other to the right at the bottom 
of the hill. 

Christian now went to the spring and 
drank to refresh himself, and then began to 
go up the narrow path that led to the top 
of the hill. 

The other two also came to the foot of the 
hilL But when they saw that the hill was 
steep and high, they made up their minds to 
go in the other paths that lay round the side 
of the hill. 

So one took the way that was called 
Danger, which led him into a great wood, 
and the other took the way called Destruc- 



THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 33 

tion, which led him into a wide field, full of 
dark mountains, where he stumbled and fell 
and rose no more. 

I looked then to Christian to see him go 
up the hill, and then I saw that he had begun 
to clamber upon his hands and his knees, 
because of the steepness of the place. 

Now about midway to the top of the 
hill was a pleasant arbour, made by the 
Lord of the hill for the refreshing of weary 
travellers. 

When Christian got there he sat down to 
rest, then he pulled out his roll and read in it 
to comfort himself, and he began again to 
look at the garment that was given to him 
at the Cross. 

Thus he at last fell into a slumber, and 
then into a sound sleep, which kept him in 
that place, until it was almost night, and in 
his sleep his roll fell out of his hand. 

Now, as he was sleeping, there came one 
to him and awaked him. Then Christian 
suddenly started up and sped on his way till 
he came to the top of the hill. 



34 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 

When he was got to the top of the hill, 
there came two men running to meet him. 
The name of the one was Timorous, and the 
other Mistrust 

* Sirs,* said Christian, * what is the matter? 
You run the wrong way.* 

Timorous answered that they were going 
to the City of Zion and had got up that 
difficult place. *But,* said he, *the farther 
we go, the more danger we meet with, where- 
fore we turned and are going back again.* 

* Yes,' said Mistrust ; * for just before us lies 
a couple of lions in the way, whether sleep- 
ing or waking we know not, but we thought 
if we came within reach, they would pull us 
in pieces.* 

Then said Christian, * You make me afraid, 
but yet I will go forward.* So Mistrust and 
Timorous ran down the hill, and Christian 
went on his way. 

And as he went he thought again of what 
he heard from the men. Then he felt for his 
roll, that he might read and be comforted, 
but he felt and found it not. 



THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 35 

Now was Christian in great distress and 
knew not what to do. At last he bethought 
himself that he had slept in the arbour that 
was on the side of the hill, and then he went 
back to look for his roll. 

But all the way he went back, who can tell 
the sorrow of Christian's heart ? Sometimes 
he sighed, sometimes he wept, and often he 
chid himself for being so foolish as to fall 
asleep. 

Thus therefore he went back, carefully 
looking on this side and on that all the way 
as he went. For he hoped to find the roll 
that had been his comfort so many times in 
his journey. He went back till he came 
again within sight of the arbour where he 
had sat and slept, but that sight renewed his 
sorrow again, by reminding him how eagerly 
he had slept there. And as he went towards 
the arbour, he sighed over his sleepiness, 
saying, * Oh, foolish man that I was, why did 
I sleep in the daytime? oh, that I had not 
slept.* 

Now, by the time he was come to the 



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arbour again, for a while he sat down and 
wept, but, at last, looking sorrowfully down 
under the settle, he espied his roll, which 
with trembling haste he caught up. 

But who can tell how joyful Christian was 
when he had got his roll again, or with what 
joy and tears he began to go up the hill 
again. And, oh, how nimbly did he go up, 
yet before he reached the top the sun went 
down. 

Now Christian remembered the story that 
Mistrust and Timorous had told him, how 
they were frightened with the sight of the 
lions. And he said to himself, Uf these 
beasts meet me in the dark, how shall I 
escape being by them torn in pieces ? * 

But while he was in this fright, he lifted up 
his eyes, and behold, there was a very stately 
palace before him, the name of which was 
Beautiful, and it stood by the highway- 
side. 

So I saw in my dream that he made haste, 
that if possible he might get lodging there. 
Now before he had gone far, he entered into 



THE PILGRIM^S PROGRESS 37 

a very narrow passage, and looking before 
him as he went, he espied two lions in the 
way. The lions were chained, but Christian 
did not see the chains. Then he was afraid 
and thought he would go back, but the 
porter at the lodge, whose name is Watchful, 
seeing Christian stop, as if he would go back, 
cried, *Fear not the lions, for they are 
chained.' 

Then I saw that Christian went on till he 
came and stood before the gate where the 
porter was. And Christian said to the 
porter, *Sir, what house is this? May I 
lodge here to-night ? * 

The porter answered, *This house was 
built by the Lord of the hill, for the safety of 
pilgrims.* 

So Watchful the porter rang a bell, at 
the sound of which a grave and beautiful 
damsel came out of the door. When she 
saw Christian she brought him into the 
Palace Beautiful, and she and her sisters 
talked with him until supper was ready. 

Now all their talk at table was about the 



38 THE PILGRIM^S PROGRESS 

Lord of the hill, and, by what they said, I 
knew that He had been a great Warrior, and 
that He had fought and slain Death, but not 
without great danger to Himself, which made 
me love Him the more. 

They talked together till late at night, and 
after they had committed themselves to their 
Lord for protection, they went to bed. 

The room in which the pilgrim slept had a 
window opening towards the sunrising, and 
the name of the room was Peace. 

In the morning they all got up, and after 
some more talk, they told him that they 
would take him to the armoury before he left 
them. So they did, and when he came out, 
he was harnessed from head to foot, lest he 
should be attacked in the way. 

Then Christian walked with his friends to 
the gate, and there he asked the porter if he 
had seen any pilgrims pass. 

The porter answered, *Yes, a pilgrim 
called Faithful has passed this way.* 

*0h,* said Christian, *I know him. He 
comes from the place where I was born. 
How far do you think he has got ? * 




They would take him to the armoury before they left him 



THE PILGRIM*S PROGRESS 39 

' By this time he is below the hill,' said the 
porter. 

Then Christian began to go down the hill 
into the Valley of Humiliation, where it is 
difficult not to slip. He went down very 
warily, yet he slipped once or twice. 

Now in the valley Christian had a hard 
fight with a fiend called ApoUyon. Apollyon 
was a monster and hideous to behold. He 
was clothed with scales like a fish, he had 
wings like a dragon, feet like a bear, and his 
mouth was as the mouth of a lion, and out of 
it came fire and smoke. When he came up 
to Christian he looked at him with rage in 
his face, and said, * Prepare thyself to die, for 
thou Shalt go no farther.' And he threw a 
flaming dart at him, but Christian had a 
shield in his hand, which caught the dart, 
so that it did him no harm. 

Then did Christian draw his sword, but 
Apollyon threw darts at him as thick as hail, 
and wounded him in his head, his hand, and 
foot. 

This great combat lasted half a day, till 
Christian was almost worn out. 



40 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 

Then Apollyon came close to Christian, 
and wrestled with him and gave him a dread- 
ful fall, and Christian's sword flew out of his 
hand. 

*I am sure of thee now,* said Apollyon. 
But while he was taking a last blow to kill 
this good man altogether, Christian nimbly 
stretched out his hand for his sword, and 
caught it. Then he gave Apollyon a deadly 
thrust, and Apollyon spread his wings and 
sped him away, so that Christian saw him no 
more. 

In this combat no man could imagine, 
unless he had seen and heard as I did, what 
yelling and roaring Apollyon made all the 
time of the fight He spake like a dragon. 
On the other side, sighs and groans burst 
from Christian's heart I never saw him give 
so much as a pleasant look, till he saw that 
he had wounded Apollyon with his two- 
edged sword. Then indeed he did smile and 
look upward, but it was the dreadfullest 
fight that ever I saw. 

So when the battle was over, Christian 



THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 41 

said, * I will give thanks to Him that did help 
me against Apollyon.* 

He also sat down in that place to eat and 
drink, so being refreshed, he again began his 
journey, with his sword drawn in his hand, 
* For,* said he, * I do not know if some other 
enemy may not be at hand.* 

Now at the end of this valley was another, 
called the Valley of the Shadow of Death. 
Through it Christian must go, because the 
way to the Celestial City lay through it. Now 
this valley is a very lonely place. It is like a 
wilderness or a desert, full of pits. No man 
dwells in it, and no man but a Christian 
passeth through it. Here Christian had a 
worse time than even in his fight with 
Apollyon. 

I saw then in my dream that when Christian 
had reached the borders of this valley, there 
met him two men, making haste to go back. 

Christian said to them, * Whither are you 
going?* 

* Back, back,* they cried, * as you will go, if 
you prize life or peace ! * 

D 



42 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 

'Why, what is the matter ? * said Christian. 

* Matter !* said they. * We were going the 
way you are going, and we went as far as 
we dared. But had we gone a little further 
we had not been here to bring the news to 
thee.' 

*But what have you met with.^' said 
Christian. 

* Why, we were almost in the Valley of the 
Shadow of Death, but by good chance we 
looked before us and saw the danger before 
we came to it.* 

* But what have you seen ? * said Christian. 
*Seen!* said the men, *why, the valley 

itself was as dark as pitch. We also saw 
hobgoblins and dragons, and we heard a con- 
tinual howling and yelling as of people in 
great misery. Death also doth always spread 
his wings over it. In a word, it is altogether 
dreadful, being utterly without order.* 

*But,* said Christian, *this is the way to 
the Celestial City.* 

* Be it your way, then ; we will not choose 
it for ours.* So they parted. Christian went 



THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 43 

on his way, but still with his sword drawn in 
his hand, lest he should be attacked. 

I saw then in my dream, that as far as this 
valley reached, there was on the right hand a 
very deep ditch. Again, behold, on the left 
hand, there was a very dangerous mire, into 
which if a man falls he finds no bottom for 
his foot to stand on. 

The pathway here Weis also exceeding 
narrow, and therefore Christian was the 
more distressed. For when he sought in 
the dark to shun the ditch on the one hand, 
he was ready to tumble over into the mire on 
the other, and when he sought to escape the 
mire, without gjeat carefulness he would 
nearly fall into the ditch. 

Then he went on, and I heard him sigh 
bitterly. For besides these dangers, the 
pathway was here so dark, that when he 
lifted up his foot to go forward, he knew not 
where, nor upon what he should set it next. 

About the middle of this valley I saw the 
mouth of hell to be, and it stood close to 
the wayside. 



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*Now,* thought Christian, *what shall 
I do?' 

And ever and anon the flame and smoke 
came out in such abundance with sparks 
and hideous noises, so that he was forced 
to put away his sword and betake himself 
to another weapon, called All-prayer. 

Then he cried out in my hearing, * O Lord, 
I beseech thee, deliver my soul.* Thus he 
went on a great while, yet still the flames 
would be rushing towards him. Also he 
heard doleful voices and rushings to and fro, 
so that sometimes he thought he should be 
torn in pieces, or trodden down like mire 
in the streets. 

This frightful sight was seen, and these 
dreadful noises were heard by him for several 
miles together. Then Christian came to a 
place where he thought he heard a com- 
pany of fiends coming forward to meet him, 
and he stopped and began to think what 
it would be best for him to do. 

Sometimes he thought he would go back, 
but again he thought he might be half way 



THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 45 

through the valley. So he resolved to go 
on, yet the fiends seemed to come nearer 
and nearer. But when they were come 
almost close to him, he cried out in a loud 
voice, *I will walk in the strength of the 
Lord God.* Then the fiends went back and 
came no farther. 

Now Christian thought he heard the voice 
of a man going before him, saying, 'Though 
I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of 
Death, I will fear none ill, for Thou art with 
me.' Then he was glad, for he thought 
that some one who feared God was in this 
valley, as well as himself, and he hoped to 
overtake him and have company by and by. 

Now morning being come, he looked back 
to see by the light of day what dangers he 
had gone through in the night. So he saw 
more plainly the ditch that was on the one 
hand, and the mire that was on the other, 
also how narrow the way was that lay 
between them both. He saw, too, the 
hobgoblins and dragons, but all afar off, for 
after break of day they came not nigh. 



46 THE PILGRIM^S PROGRESS 

About this time the sun was rising, and 
this was a great help to Christian, for you 
must know that though the first part of 
the Valley of the Shadow of Death was 
dangerous, yet this second part, through 
which he had to go, was, if possible, far 
more dangerous. For, from the place 
where he now stood, even to the end of 
the valley, the way was all along so full 
of snares, traps, and nets here, so full of 
pits, pitfalls, and deep holes down there, 
that if it had been dark, he would almost 
surely have been lost, but as I said just 
now, the sun was rising. In this light, 
therefore, he came to the end of the valley. 

Now as Christian went on his way, he 
came to a little hill, and going up he looked 
forward and saw Faithful before him. Then 
said Christian, *Stay, and I will be your 
companion.* 

And when he overtook Faithful they went 
very lovingly on together, and talked of 
all that had happened to them in their 
pilgrimage. 



THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 47 

Then I saw in my dream that when they 
got out of the wilderness they saw a town 
before them, and the name of that town was 
Vanity, and at the town there was a fair 
kept, called Vanity Fair. It was kept all 
the year long. 

At this fair there were sold houses, lands, 
trades, husbands, wives, children, silver, 
gfold, pearls, and precious stones. And, 
moreover, at this fair, there were at all 
times cheats and jugglers and knaves and 
rogues. 

Now the way to the Celestial City lay just 
through this town, so the pilgrims had to 
go through the fair. 

The Prince of princes Himself, when here, 
went through this town to his own country, 
and that on a fair-day too. And, I think, 
it was Beelzebub the chief lord of this fair 
that invited the Prince to buy of his vanities. 
Beelzebub even said he would have made 
Him lord of the fair, if He would have done 
him reverence as He went through the town. 
Yea, because the Prince was so great a 



48 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 

person, Beelzebub took Him from street to 
street and showed Him all his kingdoms, 
that he might, if possible, tempt the Prince 
to buy some of his vanities. But the Blessed 
One did not wish any of these vanities, and 
therefore left the town without spending so 
much as one farthing upon these vanities. 

Now these pilgrims, Christian and Faith- 
ful, as I said, had to go through this fair. 

Well, so they did, but behold, whenever 
they entered into the fair, it and the town 
itself were in a hubbub about them. For 
the pilgrims were clothed with raiment 
that was very different from the raiment 
of any that traded in that fair. The people 
gazed upon Christian and Faithful and 
called them outlandish men. 

Then also, they wondered at the pilgrims' 
speech, as few could understand what they 
said, for they spoke the language of the 
Celestial City. But those that kept the 
fair spoke the language of the city of Vanity 
Fair, and they could not understand one 
another. 




At the town there was a fail- kept, called Vanity Fair 



THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 49 

Now when these pilgrims would not buy 
their wares and would not even look at 
them, the sellers were angry and mocked 
these men, and some called on others to 
smite them. 

At last the master of the fair told his 
men to question the pilgrims. And when 
Christian and Faithful told the men that 
they were strangers in the world and were 
going to the Celestial City, the men thought 
they were mad. Therefore they took them 
and beat them and threw mud at them, 
and then they put them in a cage to be a 
show to the people at the fair. 

But when they were tired of mocking 
them, these two pilgrims were again ex- 
amined and charged as guilty of the great 
disturbance in the fair. So they beat them 
pitifully, and hanged irons upon them, and 
led them in chains up and down the fair. 
Then Christian and Faithful behaved so 
wisely and patiently, that the others were 
still more angry, and said they would put 
these men to death. 



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Therefore, after a trial, Faithful was 
brought out, to do with him according to 
their law. And first they scourged him, 
then they buffeted him, then they stoned 
him with stones, then they pricked him with 
their swords, and last of all they burned 
him to ashes at the stake. 

Now I saw behind the people a chariot 
and a couple of horses waiting for Faith- 
ful, who was taken by it through the 
clouds, the nearest way to the Celestial 
City. 

Then was Christian sent back to the 
prison, where he dwelt for a time, till he 
escaped and went again on his way. But 
he did not go alone, for there was one whose 
name was Hopeful, who left the town of 
Vanity, and was a companion to Christian 
in his pilgrimage. 

They went on their way till they came 
to a pleasant river. Now their way lay just 
along the bank of the river, and Christian 
and his companion walked there with great 
delight They drank also of the river, and 



THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 51 

ate of the fruit that grew on the trees by 
its bank. 

On either side of the river was also a 
meadow, very beautiful with lilies, and it 
was green all the year long. In this meadow 
they lay down and slept, for here they might 
lie safely. 

Now I beheld in my dream that they had 
not journeyed far, when the river and the 
way parted, and at this they were very sorry, 
yet they dare not go out of the way. 

A little before them was a meadow and 
a stile to go over into it. Then said 
Christian, *If this meadow lies along by 
our path, let us go over.' He went to the 
stile to see, and behold, a path lay along- 
side of the way, on the other side of the 
fence. 

* That is as I wish,* said Christian. * Come, 
good Hopeful, and let us go over. 

*But,* said Hopeful, *what if this path 
should lead us out of the way?* 

* That is not likely,* said the other. * Look, 
it goes along by the wayside.* So Hopeful, 



52 THE PILGRIM^S PROGRESS 

being persuaded by Christian, went after 
him over the stile. When they had gone 
over and had got into the path, they found 
it very easy for their feet. And as they 
looked before them they saw a man walking 
as they did, and his name was Vain-con- 
fidence. So they called after him, and asked 
where this way led. 

He said, * To the Celestial City.* 

'Look,' said Christian to Hopeful, 'did 
I not tell you so? You see, we are right 
after all.' So they followed Vain-confidence, 
and he went before them. 

But behold, the night came on, and it was 
very dark, so that they that went behind 
lost sight of him that went before. 

Vain-confidence then went on, not seeing 
the way before him, and fell into a deep 
pit which was there. This pit was made 
by the Prince of those grounds on purpose, 
to catch such foolish men as Vain-confidence. 
He, then, fell into the pit and was dashed 
to pieces with his fall. 

Now Christian and Hopeful heard him 



THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 53 

fall, so they called to know what was the 
matter, but there was none to answer, only 
they heard a groaning. 

Then said Hopeful, * Where are we now?* 
But Christian was silent, for he began to 
be afraid that he had led Hopeful out of 
the way. 

Now it began to rain and thunder and 
lighten in a very dreadful manner, and 
the river flowed over the banks. 

And Hopeful groaned, * Oh that I had kept 
on my way.' 

By this time the waters were greatly risen, 
so that to go back was very dangerous. 

Yet they tried to go back, but it was so 
dark, and the flood was so high, that as they 
went they were nearly drowned nine or ten 
times, and they could not reach the stile 
again that night. 

Wherefore at last, coming to a little 
shelter, they sat down, but being weary they 
fell asleep. 

Now there was, not far from the place 
where they lay, a castle, called Doubting 



54 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 

Castle, and the owner of the castle was 
Giant Despair, and it was in his grounds the 
pilgrims were now sleeping. Wherefore the 
giant, getting up early, and walking up and 
down in his fields, caught Christian and 
Hopeful asleep. 

Then with a gjim and surly voice he woke 
them, and asked them what they were doing 
in his grounds. 

They told him they were pilgrims and had 
lost their way. 

The giant said, * You have trampled on my 
ground, and slept on it, and therefore you 
must go along with me.' So they were forced 
to go, because he was stronger than they. 
Also they said very little, for they knew they 
had done wrong. 

The giant therefore drove them before 
him, and put them into his castle, into a very 
dark dungeon. Here, then, they lay, from 
Wednesday morning till Saturday night, 
without one bit of bread or drop of drink, or 
light, or any one to speak to them. 

Now Giant Despair had a wife, and he told 






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THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 55 

her he had taken a couple of men prisoners, 
because they were sleeping on his grounds. 
Then she told him that, when he arose in 
the morning, he should beat them without 
mercy. 

So Giant Despair got a cudgel, and went 
down to the dungeon and beat Christian and 
Hopeful fearfully, so that they could not 
move. Then the giant left them, and they 
spent their time in sighs and bitter tears. 

The next night Giant Despair again talked 
to his wife, and she said, * Tell your prisoners 
to kill themselves, for they will never escape 
from the dungeon.' 

So when morning came, the giant went to 
them in a surly manner, and seeing they still 
ached with the stripes he had given them, he 
told them to poison themselves, for they 
would never get away from him in any other 
way. 

But they asked the giant to let them go. 

That made him so angry that he rushed on 
them and would have killed them, but he fell 
into a fit and lost for a time the use of his 



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hand, wherefore he withdrew and left them 
as before. 

Well, towards evening the giant went 
down again to the dungeon to see if his 
prisoners had followed his advice and 
poisoned themselves. He found them alive, 
but because of their wounds and for want 
of bread and water they could do little but 
breathe. 

Now at night the giant's wife said : * Take 
the prisoners into the castle yard to-morrow, 
and show them the bones and skulls of those 
prisoners you have already killed. Tell them 
that in a week you will tear them to pieces, 
as you have torn your other prisoners.' 

When the morning was come, the giant 
went to them again and took them into the 
castle yard, and showed them all his wife 
had bidden him. 

'These,' said he, *were pilgrims once as 
you are, but they walked in my grounds 
as you have done. And when I thought fit, 
I tore them in pieces, and so within ten days 
I will do to you. Get you down to your 



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den again,* and he beat them all the way 
there. 

That night, about midnight, Christian and 
Hopeful began to pray, and they prayed till 
dawn of day. 

Now just at dawn Christian spoke in 
sudden amazement. *How foolish we are 
to lie here, when we might be free after alL 
I have a key in my pocket called Promise, 
that will, I am persuaded, open any lock in 
Doubting Castle.' 

Then said Hopeful, *That is good news, 
pull it out of your pocket and try.* 

Christian pulled it out and began to try 
the dungeon door, and the bolt, as he turned 
the key, yielded, and the door flew open, and 
Christian and Hopeful both came out. 
Then he went to the door that led to the 
castle yard, and with his key opened that 
door also, after that he went to the iron 
gate, for that must be opened too. That 
lock was terribly hard, yet the key did open it. 

Then they thrust open the gate to make 
their escape in haste, but, as it opened, that 

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gate made such a creaking that it waked 
Giant Despair, who got up hastily to follow 
his prisoners, but he could not run after 
them, for again he took one of his fits. 

Then Christian and Hopeful went on till 
they came to the King's highway and so 
were safe, because they were out of the 
giant's grounds. 

Now when they had got over the stile, 
they began to wonder what they should 
do to keep other pilgrims from falling into 
the hands of Giant Despair. So they agreed 
to put up there a pillar, and to write on 
it this sentence: *Over this stile is the 
way to Doubting Castle, which is kept by 
Giant Despair, who despiseth the King of 
the Celestial Country and seeks to destroy 
His holy pilgrims.* 

Many pilgrims, that came after, read what 
was written and escaped Giant Despair. 

They then went on till they came to the 
Delectable Mountains. These mountains 
belonged to the Lord of the steep hill which 
Christian had climbed. 



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So they went up these mountains to 
behold the gardens and orchards, the vine- 
yards and fountains. There, too, they drank 
and washed themselves and ate the fruit of 
the vineyards. 

Now there were Shepherds on the moun- 
tains, who welcomed them lovingly and 
showed them many wonders. First they 
took them to the top of a hill which was 
very steep on one side, and bid them look 
down to the bottom. 

So Christian and Hopeful looked down, 
and saw at the bottom several men dashed 
all to pieces by a fall that they had had from 
the top. 

'These,* said the Shepherds, *are for an 
example to others to be careful not to 
clamber too high, or to come too near the 
brink of this mountain.* The name of this 
mountain was Error. 

Then the Shepherds took them to the top 
of another mountain, and the name of it was 
Caution, and the Shepherds bid them look 
afar off. 



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When the pilgrims did this, they saw, as 
they thought, several men walking up and 
down among the tombs that were there. 
And they saw that the men were blind, 
because they stumbled sometimes upon the 
tombs, and because they could not get out 
from among them. 

Then said Christian, * What means this ? ' 

The Shepherds then answered, *Did you 
see a little below these mountains a stile that 
led into a meadow ? ' 

They answered, * Yes.* 

*From that stile,' said the Shepherds, 
/there goes a path that leads straight to 
Doubting Castle, which is kept by Giant 
Despair. These men,* and the Shepherds 
pointed to those among the tombs, *came 
once on a pilgrimage as you do now. But 
when they came to the stile, because the right 
way was rough, they went over it into the 
meadow. Here they were taken by Giant 
Despair and cast into Doubting Castle. 
After they had been kept some time in the 
dungeon, he at last did put out their eyes. 



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Then he led them among those tombs, 
and left them to wander there till this very 
day/ 

Then Christian and Hopeful thought of 
their escape from Doubting Castle, and they 
looked at one another with tears in their 
eyes. But yet they said nothing to the 
Shepherds. 

Now I saw in my dream that the Shepherds 
brought them to another place, where was a 
door in the side of a hill, and they opened 
the door and bid the pilgrims look in. They 
looked in therefore and saw that within it 
was very dark and smoky. They also 
thought that they heard there a rumbling 
noise as of fire, and a cry as of some in 
trouble. 

Then said Christian, * What means this ? ' 

The Shepherds said, * This is a byway to 
hell.' 

And the Shepherds said one to another, 
* Let us show the pilgrims the gates of the 
Celestial City, if they have skill to look 
through our glass.' 



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So they took Christian and Hopeful to the 
top of another high hill, called Clear, and 
g^ave them the glass to look. 

They tried to look, but the remembrance 
of that last thing the Shepherds had showed 
them made their hands shake, so that they 
could not look steadily through the glass. 
Yet they thought they saw something like the 
gate, and also some of the beauty of the place. 

When they were about to depart, one of 
the Shepherds gave them a note of the way. 
Another of them bid them beware when they 
met the Flatterer. The third bid them take 
heed that they did not sleep upon the En- 
chanted Ground. And the fourth bid them 
* God-speed.* So I awoke from my dream. 

And I slept and dreamed again, and I saw 
the same two pilgrims going down the 
mountains and along the highway. 

They went on then till they came to a place 
where they saw another path that seemed 
to be as straight as the way which they 
should go. And here they knew not which 
of the two to take, for both seemed straight 



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before them, therefore here they stood still 
to think. 

And as they were thinking about the way, 
behold, a man, black of flesh, but covered 
with a very light robe, came to them, and 
asked them why they stood there. 

They answered they were going to the 
Celestial City, but knew not which of these 
ways to take. 

* Follow me,' said the man. * It is there I 
am going.' 

So they followed him in the path that had 
joined the way, and this path slowly turned, 
and at last turned them so far from the City 
that they wished to go to, that in a little 
time their faces were turned away from it 
Yet they still followed him. 

But by and by before they knew what had 
happened, he led them both into a net, in 
which they were so entangled that they 
knew not what to do. Then the white robe 
fell off the black man's back, and they 
knew that he was the Flatterer and had 
brought them into his net. 



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Wherefore there they lay, crying some 
time, for they could not get themselves 
out And as they lay weeping in the net, 
they saw a Shining One coming toward them 
with a whip of small cord in his hand. 
When he was come to the place where they 
were, he asked them whence they came, 
and what they were doing there. 

They told him that they were poor pilgrims 
going to Zion, but were led out of their 
way by a black man clothed in white. 
*He bid us,* said they, 'follow him, for 
he was going thither too.* 

Then said the Shining One, *It is a 
Flatterer, that has clothed himself like 
an angel of light* So he rent the net 
and let the men out And he said to 
the pilgrims, 'Follow me,* and he led them 
back to the way which they had left when 
they followed the Flatterer. 

The one with the whip then asked them 
where they slept last night. 

They said, *With the Shepherds on the 
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He asked them if the Shepherds had 
not given them a note, telling them about 
the way. 

They answered, *Yes,' but they had 
forgotten to read it. 

He asked them also if the Shepherds 
did not tell them to beware of the Flatterer. 

They answered, *Yes,* but they did not 
think that this man who spoke so well 
could be he. 

Then I saw in my dream that the Shining 
One commanded them to lie down. And 
he took his whip, and when he had whipped 
them he said, ' As many as I love I rebuke 
and punish, be careful therefore and repent.* 

This done, he bid them go on their way 
and take good heed to the other directions 
of the Shepherds. 

So they thanked the Shining One for all 
his kindness, and went gladly along the 
right way. 

Now I saw in my dream that when the 
pilgrims had got safely over the Enchanted 
Ground, they entered a beautiful country 



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where the air was very sweet and pleasant. 
Every day they heard continually the singing* 
of birds, and every day they saw the flowers 
appear in the earth. In this country the 
sun shineth night and day, and here they 
were within sight of the City to which they 
went. 

So I saw that as they went on, there met 
them two men in raiment that shone like 
gold, also their faces shone as the light. 

These men asked the pilgrims where they 
came from, and they told them. They also 
asked them where they had lodged, what 
difficulties and dangers, what comforts and 
pleasures they had met in the way, and they 
told them. 

Then said the men that met them, *You 
have but two difficulties more to meet and 
then you are in the City.* So they all walked 
together till they came in sight of the gate. 

Now I saw that between them and the 
gate was a river, but there was no bridge to 
go over, and the river was deep. At the 
sight of the river Christian and Hopeful 



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they went 



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were stunned, but the men that went with 
them said, *You must go through, or you 
cannot come in at the gate.* 

The pilgrims then, especially Christian, 
began to be afraid, and looked this way and 
that way, but could Ifind no way by which to 
escape the river. Then they entered the 
river, and Christian began to sink and to 
cry out to his friend Hopeful, saying, *I 
sink in deep waters, the billows go over my 
head.* 

But Hopeful cheered Christian, and said 
he felt the ground under his feet. Yet a 
great horror and darkness fell upon Chris- 
tian, for he thought he should never reach 
the Celestial City, and Hopeful had much 
difficulty to keep his friend's head above 
water. 

Then I saw in my dream that at last 
Christian took courage, and soon he found 
ground to stand upon, and the rest of the 
river was shallow. Thus they got over. 

Now upon the bank of the river, on the 
other side, they saw the two shining men 



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again, who waited there for them, and led 
them toward the gate. 

The City stood upon a mighty hill, but the 
pilgrims went up that with ease, talking 
gladly to their shining companions, and thus 
they came up to the gate. 

And over the gate there were written in 
letters of gold, * Blessed are they that do the 
King's Commandments and may enter in 
through the gates into the City.* 

I saw in my dream that these two men 
went in at the gate, and lo ! as they entered 
they were transfigured. And they had 
raiment put on that shone like gold. They 
had harps given to them to praise on, and 
crowns were given to them in token of 
honour. 

Then I heard in my dream that all the 
bells in the City rang again for joy, and that 
it was said, * Enter ye into the joy of your 
Lord.* 

Nowjustasthe gates were opened to let 
in the men, I looked in after them, and 
behold, the City shone like the sun, the 



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streets also were paved with gold. And I 
heard many voices saying, * Holy, holy, holy 
is the Lord.' 

And after that they shut up the gates, 
and when I had seen this, I wished I myself 
were within. 

So I awoke, and behold it was a dream. 



THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 

THE SECOND PART 

Now as I lodged in a wood, I slept, and as I 
slept, I dreamed again. 

And in my dream I saw that Christiana (for 
that was the name of the wife of Christian 
from the day that she with her children began 
a pilgrim's life) could not rest after she heard 
that her husband had gone over the river. 

With grief she remembered how she had 
refused all his loving entreaties that she and 
her sons should go with him to Mount Zion. 
Especially his bitter cry, * What shall I do to 
be saved ? ' rang in her ears. 

And she said to her children, * Sons, I was 
foolish not to go with your father and not to 
let you go.* 

Then the boys began to cry and said they 
would go after their father, and Christiana 

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wept with them and they all cried, *0h 
woful was the day we let him go alone.' 

The next night Christiana had a dream. 
She thought she saw two evil ones standing 
near her bed and saying, * What shall we do 
with this woman ? She cries for forgiveness 
for all the wrong things she has done, both 
when she wakes and when she sleeps. We 
shall soon lose her as we lost her husband 
Christian. If we cannot make her think of 
other things rather than of her sins, she will 
also become a pilgrim.' 

Now Christiana awoke in great fear, and 
she trembled much, but after a while she fell 
asleep again. 

And then she thought she saw Christian, 
her husband, in a very happy land. He 
had a harp in his hand and was playing 
upon it before One who sat upon a throne, 
with a rainbow around his head. She saw 
also that Christian bowed his head at his 
Prince's feet, saying, * I thank Thee, with 
all my heart, my Lord and King, for bring- 
ing me to this place.' Then a great number 



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of those that stood around the One that 
sat on the throne harped on their harps, but 
no one could tell what they said, except 
Christian and his companions. 

The next morning:, when Christiana was 
up and had prayed to God and talked with 
her children, some one knocked at the door. 

' If thou comest in God's name, come in ! * 
she called aloud. So the door opened and 
one came in, who said, * Peace be to this 
house.' 

Then he said, 'Christiana, knowest thou 
why I have come ? ' 

Then she blushed and trembled and 
longed to know from whence he had come 
and what was his message to her. 

So he said to her, ' My name is Secret, and 
where I come from it is said that thou hast 
a wish to become a pilgrim. The Merciful 
One has sent me to tell thee that He inviteth 
thee into His presence, and Christian and 
many of his companions will be glad when 
they hear the sound of thy feet step over 
the threshold of the Celestial City. 



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As she heard this she bowed her head to 
the ground, while her visitor went on to 
say, * Christiana, here is also a letter for 
thee, which I have brought from Him who 
is thy husband's King.* So she took it and 
opened it, and the fragrance of it was as 
the fragrance of flowers. Also it was 
written in letters of gold, and it said that 
the King wished her to do as Christian had 
done, for that was the way to come to His 
City, and to dwell with joy in His presence. 

* Then Christiana wept and said, * Sir, will 
you carry me and my children with you 
that we also may worship this King.* 

But her visitor said, *Thou canst, like 
Christian, only after dangers, enter this 
Celestial City. Wherefore I advise thee to 
do as did Christian thy husband. Go to 
the Wicket-gate yonder, and I wish thee 
all good-speed. Also, take this letter, that 
thou may'st read it to thyself and thy 
children. It is one of the songs thou must 
sing while thou art a pilgrim, and thou 
must also give it in at the Celestial Gate.' 

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Then Christiana called her sons together, 
and told them of the dream that had made 
her tremble with fear in the night, and of 
the encouragement the strange visitor had 
brought her in the morning. 

'Come, my children,* she said, *let us 
pack up and go to the gate that leads to 
the Celestial City, that we may see your 
father and be with him and his companions 
in peace.' 

Then did her children burst into tears 
of joy, because they and their mother would 
journey together to the Celestial City. 

So their visitor said farewell, and 
Christiana and her children prepared to go 
on their journey. 

But while they were preparing to go, 
two women that were Christiana's neighbours 
came to her house and knocked at the door. 

And when they came in and saw she was 
going away, they began to ask her where 
she was going. 

Christiana answered, * I am preparing for 
a journey.* 



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* For what journey ? * they asked her. 

* Even to go after my dear husband,* said 
Christiana, and she began to weep. 

Then she told her neighbours of her 
dream, and of the strange visitor, and of the 
letter he had left with her. 

And she took out her letter and read it 
to them, and said, *Now what do you say 
to this?' 

Then one of the neighbours said, *We 
have heard of the dangers Christian met 
with from the lions, from Apollyon, from 
Giant Despair, and in Vanity Fair. And if 
he, though a man, found the way so hard, 
what canst thou, being but a poor woman, 
do ? Even if thou art so rash as to wish 
to go away, keep thou at home, for the sake 
of thy four sweet children.* 

But Christiana said, * Tempt me not, my 
neighbour, for I must go to the Celestial City.* 

Then the neighbour was angry and said, 
'Come, Neighbour Mercy,' for that was the 
name of the younger one, * we will leave her, 
for she will not listen to our counsel.* 



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But Mercy said, * Nay, if Christiana will 
go, I will go also a little way with her, and 
help her. And if I find what she says is 
true,* Mercy thought to herself, * I shall also 
go on with her with all my heart.* 

So the one neighbour returned to her 
house, but Mercy walked with Christiana 
and her children to help them on the way. 

Then as they walked along together 
Christiana said, *Well, Mercy, come with 
us, for the King, who hath sent for me and 
my children, loveth Mercy too. Besides, 
if thou wilt, thou shalt go with me as my 
servant, only we will share everything 
together.* 

But said Mercy, * How can I be sure that 
the King will welcome me too? If I were 
sure He wished me, I would go to Him 
though the way were very long.* 

*WelI, Mercy, I will tell thee what to 
do. Go with me to the Wicket-gate, and, 
if then thou art not encouraged to go on, 
I will be content that thou return to thy 
home.* 



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*Then will I go thither,* said Mercy; 
and Christiana was glad at her heart. 
But when they had walked on some way 
they came together to the Slough of 
Despond, and Christiana stood still, for, 
said she, *This is the place in which my 
dear husband was nearly smothered with 
mud/ She saw also that though the King 
had commanded that this place should be 
made better for pilgrims, yet it was rather 
worse than it used to be. 

For many pretend to be the King's 
labourers, and they say they are mending 
the King's highways, but these bring dirt 
and mud instead of stones, and so they are 
spoiling the Slough of Despond instead of 
mending it. 

But as Christiana and her boys stood and 
looked, Mercy said, 'Come, let us venture 
across, only let us be careful.' Then they 
looked well to each step and managed to 
stumble over. 

Now I saw in my dream Christiana and 
Mercy and the boys go all of them up to the 



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gate. And since Christiana was the eldest 
it was arranged that she should knock for 
entrance, and that she should speak to Him 
that did open the gate, for them all. 

So Christiana began to knock, and as her 
poor husband had done, she knocked and 
knocked again. But instead of any one open- 
ing the gate, they thought that they heard 
a dog barking at them,— a dog, and a great 
one too, and this made the women and chil- 
dren afraid. Nor dare they knock any more, 
for fear the mastiff should fly upon them. 

Now they were greatly puzzled and knew 
not what to do. Knock they dare not for 
fear of the dog. Go back they dare not for 
fear the Keeper of that gate should see them 
and should be offended with them. At last 
they thought of knocking again, and knocked 
more loudly than at first. 

Then said the Keeper of the gate, * Who is 
there?* And the dog left off barking and 
He opened the gate to them. 

Christiana bent in lowliness to Him, 
and said, *Let not our Lord be offended, 



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because we have knocked at His princely 
gate.* 

Then said the Keeper again, * Whence 
come you, and what is it you would 
have?' 

Christiana answered, *We are come from 
where Christian did come, and if it shall 
please you, graciously admit us by this 
gate, into the way that leads to the Celestial 
City. 

The Keeper of the gate did marvel at 
that, saying, *What, is Christiana a pilgrim 
now?* 

Then she bowed her head and said, * Yes ; 
and so are these, my sweet children 
also.' 

So He took her by the hand and led her 
in, and said also, * Suffer the little children 
to come unto Me,* and after that He shut 
the gate. 

This done. He called to a trumpeter that 
was above, over the gate, to sound the 
trumpet for joy. 

Now all this time poor Mercy did stand 



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without, crying, for fear that she should not 
be allowed to enter. But when Christiana 
and her boys were within, Christiana began 
to tell her Lord that she had a companion 
who wished to be inside the gate. 

Now Mercy began to be very impatient, 
for each minute was as long to her as an 
hour, wherefore she stopped Christiana's 
entreaty by knocking at the gate herself. 
And she knocked so loud, that she made 
Christiana start. 

Then said the Keeper of the gate, * Who 
is there ? ' 

And Christiana said, * It is my friend.* 

So he opened the gate and looked out; 
but Mercy had fallen down in a faint, for she 
was afraid that the gate would not be opened 
for her. 

Then He took her by the hand and said, 
* Damsel, I bid thee arise,* and He led her 
gently in. 

Now I saw in my dream that He spake 
many good words to them, that made them 
glad. Then He left them for a little while 



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in a summer parlour, where they talked 
together. 

At last He came down to them again, and 
Christiana began to talk of their journey 
and to inquire about the way. 

So He fed them and washed their feet and 
showed them the way. Then I saw in my 
dream that they walked on, and the weather 
was very pleasant to them. 

Now along the way that Christiana and 
her companions went was a wall, and on 
the other side of the wall was a garden. 
And some of the fruit trees that grew in 
that garden shot their branches over the 
wall. So Christiana's boys, as boys are 
apt to do, being pleased with the trees and 
with the fruit that did hang there, did pluck 
them and began to eat. Their mother did 
also chide them for so doing, but still the 
boys went on. 

* Well,* said she, * my sons, the fruit does 
not belong to us * ; but she did not know that 
it did belong to the enemy. 

So they journeyed on to the house of the 



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Interpreter. Now when Christiana knocked, 
there came to the door a young damsel, 
named Innocent. 

* Pray what is your name that I may tell 
my Lord ? * said the damsel. 

Christiana answered, *I was the wife of 
Christian, that pilgrim that some years ago 
did travel this way, and these be his four 
children. This maiden is also my companion, 
and is a pilgrim too.' 

Then Innocent ran in, and said to those 
within, * Can you think who is at the door ? 
There is Christiana and her children and her 
companion.* Then they leaped for joy and 
went and told their Master. 

And the Master, who was the Interpreter, 
said, * Why standest thou thus at the door? 
We were talking of thee just now, for tidings 
have come to us that thou art a pilgrim. 
Come, children, come in. Come, maiden, 
come in.* 

So he brought them all into the house, 
and they were bidden to sit down and rest. 
Then those that waited upon the pilgrims in 



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the house came into the room to see them. 
And one smiled and another smiled, and they 
all smiled for joy, because Christiana was a 
pilgrim. 

After a while, because supper was not 
ready, the Interpreter took them into a 
room, where there was a man that could 
look no way but downwards, with a muck- 
rake in his hand. There stood also One 
over his head, with a celestial crown in His 
hand and offered to give him that crown for 
his muck-rake. 

But the man did not look up, but raked 
for himself the straw, the small sticks, and 
dust of the floor. 

Then said the Interpreter, *Thou seest 
this man cares more to rake up straw and 
sticks and the dust of the floor than to take 
the celestial crown. This is to show thee 
that heaven is like an unreal place to some, 
and that to them, here is the only real place. 
Thou seest too that the man could look no 
way but downwards. That is to let thee 
know that sometimes men love things on 



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earth so dearly that their hearts quite forget 
God/ 

Then the Interpreter took them into 
another room where was a hen and chickens, 
and told them to look carefully. So one of 
the chickens went to the trough to drink, 
and every time she drank she lifted up her 
head and her eyes towards heaven. *See,* 
said he, *what this little chick doth, and 
learn from her to look up with thanks for 
all you receive from your Lord.* 

'Sir,' said Christiana, Met us see some 
more.' So he took them to where a butcher 
was killing a sheep, and behold, the 
sheep was quiet, and took her death with 
patience. 

Then said the Interpreter, 'You must 
learn of this sheep to suffer and to bear 
unkindness without murmuring or com- 
plaining. Your King doth call you His 
sheep.* 

Now supper was ready, so they sat 
down and did eat, when one had given 
thanks. 



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And the Interpreter did usually entertain 
those that lodged with him with music at 
meals, so the minstrels played. There was 
also one that did sing, and a very fine voice 
he had. 

His song was this : — 

* The Lord is only my support, 
And He that doth me feed, 
How can I then want anything 
Whereof I stand in need.' 

Now when the song and music were 
ended and supper was over, they all went 
to bed. 

In the morning they arose with the sun 
and prepared to go on their journey, but the 
Interpreter said, * Tarry a while.' Then he 
called Innocent the damsel, and told her to 
take the pilgrims into the bath and there 
wash them and make them clean from the 
stains they had got by travelling. So 
Innocent, the damsel, took them to the 
bath, and they all went in and washed, 
and they came out of the bath, not only 
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When they came in they looked fairer a 
great deal than when they went out to be 
washed. 

The Interpreter looked upon them and 
called them * Fair as the moon/ and he 
brought a seal and put his mark upon them, 
so that they might be known in the places 
they were yet to go. 

Then said the Interpreter again to the 
damsel, *Go and fetch garments for these 
people.* 

So she went and fetched white raiment 
and laid it down before him. It was very 
line and white and clean. 

When the pilgrims had put on these 
garments they looked at each other in sur- 
prise, and then said each to the other, * You 
are more fair than I.* 

The Interpreter then called for a man- 
servant of his, named Greatheart, and bid 
him take a sword and helmet and shield. 
* Guide these pilgrims,* said he, *and bring 
them to the palace Beautiful, at which 
place they rest next.* So he took his 




The Interpreter then called for a man-servant of his named 
Greatheart 



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weapons and went before them, and the 
Interpreter said * God-speed.* 

Now I saw in my dream that they went 
on, and Greatheart went before them. So 
they came to the plar** where Christian's 
burden fell off his back and tumbled into 
the sepulchre. 

Here then they stopped and thanked God, 
and Christiana said, 'Though I was very 
glad before, yet now I am ten times more 
joyful.* 

Then they went on till they came to the 
foot of the hill Difficulty, where their friend 
Mr. Greatheart told them what had 
happened to Christian there. So he took 
them first to the spring, *Lo,* saith he, 
*this is the spring that Christian drank of 
before he went up the hill.* Therefore 
Christiana and Mercy and the boys drank 
also from the well. 

Next he showed them the two paths that 
led round the foot of the hill. *And,* said 
he, 'these are dangerous paths. Two 
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Christian passed on. And though, as 
you see, these ways have since been 
stopped up with chains, posts, and a 
ditch, yet some will wander round these 
ways, rather than take the trouble to go up 
this hill.' 

Then they set out and began to go up the 
hill, and up the hill they went. But before 
they got to the top, Christiana began to 
pant, and said, *This is a very steep hill, it 
is no marvel that some choose a smoother 
way.* 

And said Mercy, * I must sit down,* also 
the youngest child began to cry. 

*Come, come,* said Greatheart, *sit not 
down here, for a little above is the Prince's 
arbour.' Then took he the little boy by the 
hand and led him up. 

When they were come to the arbour, they 
were all willing to sit down. And Christiana 
gave them a piece of pomegranate and some 
honeycomb to eat, and she gave them to 
drink out of a little bottle of spirits, which 
the Interpreter had given to her. 

Now when they had eaten and drunk and 



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had chatted a little long-er, their g^ide said 
to them, *The day wears away, let us 
prepare to be going.* So they got up to 
go and the little bojrs went before, but 
Christiana forgot to take her bottle of spirits 
with her, so she sent her little boy back to 
fetch it 

' I think this is a place for losing things,' 
said Mercy. *Here Christian lost his roll, 
and there Christiana left her bottle behind 
her; 

So they went on till they came within 
sight of the lions that had made Christian 
to fear. Now Greatheart was a strong man, 
so he was not afraid of a lion. 

But yet when they were come up to the 
place where the lions were, the boys that 
went before were now glad to hide behind, 
for they were afraid of the lions. At this 
their guide smiled. *What is this, my 
boys, do you love to go before when no 
danger doth approa'-h, and love to come 
behind so soon as the lions appear ? * 

Now as they went up Mr. Greatheart drew 
his sword to make a way for the pilgrims in 

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spite of the lions. Then there appeared one 
that was on the lions* side, and he said to the 
guide, *Why have you come hither?* Now 
the name of that man was Grim, and he was 
a giant. 

And Mr. Greatheart said, * These women 
and children are pilgrims, and this is the way 
they must go, and go it they shall, in spite of 
thee and the lions.* 

* This is not the way,* said Grim ; * neither 
shall the pilgrims go this way. I am come 
forth to hinder them, and I will back the lions.* 

But Greatheart approached unto Grim, 
and fell on him so heavily with his sword 
that he made him go back a little. 

Then said Grim angrily, * Will you slay me 
on my own ground ? * 

* It is the King's highway we are in,* said 
the guide, *and in His way it is that thou 
hast placed thy lions.* And he gave the 
giant a downright blow and brought him 
upon his knees. With this blow he also broke 
his helmet, and with the next he cut off an 
arm. Then did Grim the giant roar so 



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hideously that his voice frightened the 
women, and yet they were glad to see him 
lie sprawling on the ground. 

Now the lions were chained and could of 
themselves do nothing. Wherefore, when 
old Grim was dead Mr. Greatheart said to 
the pilgrims, * Come now and follow me, and 
the lions shall not hurt you.* 

They therefore went on, but the women 
trembled as they passed, and the boys were 
greatly afraid, but they all got safely by. 

Now, then, they were in sight of the 
porter's lodge, and they made haste to reach 
it, because it was dangerous travelling there 
at night. So when they were come to the 
gate, theg^uide knocked, and the porter cried, 
* Who is there ? * But as soon as the guide 
had said, * It is I,' he knew his voice and came 
down, for the guide had often before that 
come thither as a conductor of pilgrims. 

When he was come down Mr. Greatheart 
said, * I have brought some pilgrims hither, 
where, by my Lord's command, they must 
lodge.* 



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* Will you not come in and stay till morn- 
ing: ? ' said the porter. 

* No,' said Mr. Greatheart, * I will return 
to my lord to-night.* 

*0h, sir/ said Christiana, * I know not how 
to be willing you should leave us. You have 
been so faithful and loving to us, and you 
have fought so bravely for us.' 

Then said Mercy, *How can we hold out 
in a way so full of dangers, without our 
guide?' 

And James, the youngest of the boys, said, 
* Pray, sir, go with us and help us, because 
we are so weak and the way so dangerous.* 

* I am willing to go with you all the way, if 
my Lord chooses me to be your guide, how- 
ever, just now I must return, and so good 
Christiana, Mercy, and you dear children, 
farewell.* 

Then Christiana, with Mercy and her 
children, was bidden to come in and sit 
down in a very large room, and the damsels 
of the household came in to welcome them. 
Now because it was late and because the 



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pilgrims were tired with the journey, and 
faint with the sight of the fight and of the 
terrible lions, therefore they wished to pre- 
pare to go to rest. 

* Nay,* said those of the family, * eat first 
and refresh yourselves.* 

So when they had had supper, they prayed 
and sang a song, and then went to bed. 
. And as Christiana lay awake that night, 
she heard Mercy laugh as she slept. 

So, early in the morning, she said, * Mercy, 
what made you laugh in your sleep? I 
suppose you were dreaming.* 

*So I was, and a sweet dream it was. 
But are you sure I laughed ? * 

•Yes,* said Christiana, *you laughed aloud 
But, Mercy, tell me thy dream.* 

'I dreamed that I sat all alone,* said 
Mercy, *in a lonely place. And I was 
sorrowful because my heart was not tender 
and kind. Now I had not sat there long, 
when I thought many people gathered round 
me to see why I was sad. And when they 
heard me lamenting that my heart was not 



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more gentle, some of them laughed at me, 
some called me foolish, and some began to 
push me about. Then I dreamt that I 
looked up and saw some one with wings 
coming towards me. So he came and said, 
" Mercy, why are you sad ? " 

*Now when he had heard why I was 
sorrowful, he said, " Peace be to thee." He 
also wiped mine eyes with his handkerchief 
and clothed me in silver and gold. He put a 
chain about my neck, and ear-rings in my ears, 
and a beautiful crown upon my head. Then 
he took me by the hand and said, " Mercy, 
come after me." So he went up and I 
followed till we came to a golden gate. 
Then he knocked, and when they within 
had opened, the man went in, and I followed 
him up to a throne, upon which One sat 
And He said to me, "Welcome, Mercy." 
The place looked bright and twinkling like 
stars, or rather like the sun, and I thought 
that I saw Christian there. So I awoke 
from my dream. But did I laugh ? * 

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laugh while you dreamed so good a dream. 
We need not lie awake in bed to talk with 
God. He can talk to us while we sleep and 
cause us to hear His voice.* 

*Well,* said Mercy, *I am glad of my 
dream, for I hope some day it will come true, 
and then it will make me laugh again.' 

Then said Christiana, *I think it is now 
time to get up and to find out what we must 
do.* 

*Oh,' said Mercy, *if they ask us to stay 
a little while, let us gladly stay.* 

So when they came down, the damsels of 
the house begged them to stay for a while, 
and they said they would willingly stay for 
about a month. 

Now Matthew the eldest son of Christiana 
was very ill while they stayed here. And he 
was in such great pain, that Christiana sent 
for Mr. Skill the doctor. When the doctor 
had come and watched the boy, he said to his 
mother, * What has Matthew been eating? 

* Nothing but what is wholesome,* said 
Christiana. 



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But the doctor said, *This boy has been 
eating something that has made him as ill 
as he is.' 

Then Samuel, one of the boys, said, 

* Mother, you remember Matthew ate some 
fruit that hung over a wall, soon after we left 
the Wicket-gate?* 

*Yes, my child,* said Christiana, *he did 
eat like a naughty boy, though I chid him 
for doing so ! * 

* I knew he had eaten something that was 
not wholesome,* said Mr. Skill. * Many have 
died from eating this fruit* 

Then Christiana began to cry, and she 
said to the doctor, * Pray, sir, do all you can 
for him, whatever it may cost.* So the 
doctor made a medicine for the boy; but 
though he was in gjeat pain he did not wish 
to take it. 

His mother tasted the medicine with the 
tip of her tongue. * Oh, Matthew,* she said, 

* this medicine is sweeter than honey. If thou 
lovest thy mother, or if thou lovest thy 
brother, or if thou lovest Mercy, take it* 



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So after much ado he took it, and it 
caused him to sleep and rest quietly, and it 
soon took away all his pain. In a little time 
he was able to get up and walk about from 
room to room with the help of a staff. 

Then Christiana thanked Mr. Skill with 
all her heart, and Mr. Skill bade Matthew 
take care what fruit he ate. Then he kissed 
him and went away. 

Now about this time Christiana said they 
must go on their journey again, but first she 
sent a request to Mr. Interpreter, asking 
him to grant that Mr. Greatheart should go 
with them the rest of the way. 

And Mr. Interpreter sent a message to tell 
Christiana that her request was granted, for, 
said he, * I will send Mr. Greatheart to guide 
you on the way.* 

Now about this time one knocked at the 
door. So the porter opened, and behold! 
Mr. Greatheart, and when he was come in 
what joy was there. 

Then said Mr. Greatheart to Christiana 
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you a bottle of wine and some parched com 
and a couple of pomegranates. He has also 
sent the boys some figs and raisins to refresh 
them on the way.* 

Now I saw in my dream that after Chris- 
tiana had thanked the porter for all the 
kindness he had shown to her and to her 
children, they went forward on their pilgrim- 
age till they came to the brow of a hill. 
And there they heard in a grove, a little way 
off on the right hand, most curious songs, 
full of melody. And one of the damsels had 
come to the brow of the hill with Christiana, 
and she told her that the songs were sung 
by the country birds. 

*They sing but seldom,* she said, 'except 
in spring, when the flowers appear, and the 
sun shines warmly, and then you hear them 
all day long. * I often go out,* she said, * to 
hear them, and sometimes we keep them 
tame in our house.* 

Then the pilgrims said farewell to the 
damsel, and they began to go down the 
hill into the Valley of Humiliation. It was 



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a very steep hill and the way was slippery, 
but they were very careful, so they got 
down very well. 

When they were down in the valley 
Christiana said, *Is this the place where 
Christian, my husband, met with Apollyon, 
and where they had that dreadful fight 
that they had?' 

*It is true,' said Mr. Greatheart, *that 
Christian did here meet with Apollyon, 
with whom he also had a sore combat. 
But we need not be afraid of this valley, 
for here is nothing to hurt us, unless we 
bring it on ourselves.' 

Now as they went on, Samuel said to 
Mr. Greatheart, *Sir, the valley is large. 
Where about was the fight my father had 
with Apollyon ? * 

'The battle was at a place yonder before 
us, in a narrow passage. And, indeed, 
that place is the most dangerous place in 
all these parts.' 

When they came to the place where the 
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Christiana, her children, and Mercy, *This 
is the place, and on this ground Christian 
stood, and up there came Apollyon against 
him. Behold, also, how here and there 
are yet to be seen upon the place some 
of ApoUyon's broken darts. See, also, 
how with their blows they did split the 
very stones in pieces. Verily Christian 
was very brave here. When Apollyon was 
beaten, he retreated to the next valley, 
that is called the Valley of the Shadow of 
Death, and unto that valley we shall soon 
come.' 

Then when they had passed this place, 
they came to the borders of the Shadow 
of Death, and this valley was longer than 
the other. It was a place strangely haunted 
with evil things, but these women and 
children went more comfortably through 
it, because they had daylight and because 
Mr. Greatheart was their guide. When 
they had entered this valley they thought 
they heard a very great groaning. This 
made the boys afraid, the women also 



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looked pale and sad, but their guide bade 
them be of good comfort. 

So they went on a little further, and they 
thought that they felt the ground begin 
to shake under them, as if some hollow 
place were there. They heard also a kind 
of hissing as of serpents, but nothing was 
to be seen. 

Then said the boys, 'Are we not yet at 
the end of this dreary place?* But the 
guide told them to have courage and to 
watch their feet, *Lest,* said he, *a snare 
entrap you.* 

Now James began to be ill, but I think 
the cause was fear. So his mother gave 
him some medicine she had got from 
Mr. Skill, the doctor, and the boy felt 
better again. 

Thus they went on till they came to 
about the middle of the valley. Then 
Christiana said, *I think I see something 
yonder upon the road before us, a thing 
of a shape I have never seen before.* 

Then said Joseph, * Mother, what is it? 



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*An ugly thing, child, an ugly thing,* 
she said. 

* But, mother, what is it like?* 

* It is like, I cannot tell what,* said she, 
and now it was but a little way off. 

Then said she, * It is nigh ! ' 

*Well, well,* said Mr. Greatheart, Met 
them that are most afraid keep close to me.' 

So the shape came on, and the guide met 
it, but when it was just come to him, it 
vanished from all their sights. 

They went on, therefore, being a little 
refreshed, but they had not gone far when 
Mercy, looking behind her, saw, as she 
thought, something like a lion, and it 
followed after them at a great pace. And 
it had a hollow voice, and at every roar that 
it gave it made all the valley echo, and 
all their hearts to ache, save the heart of 
him that was their guide. 

So it came up and Mr. Greatheart went 
behind and put the pilgrims all before him. 
The lion also came on, and Mr. Greatheart 
got ready to do battle. But when the lion 



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saw that Mr. Greatheart meant to fight 
he also drew back and came no further. 

Then they went on again and their guide 
did go before them, till they came to a 
place where there was a great pit right 
across the way. And before they could 
get over it, a great mist and darkness fell 
upon them, so that they could not see. 

And the pilgrims said, ^Alas, what shall 
we do ? * 

But their guide answered, *Fear not, 
stand still and you will see that we shall 
overcome this difficulty also.' So they 
stayed there, because the path was blocked. 

Also they then thought they did hear 
more plainly the noise and rushing of 
enemies. The fire also and smoke of 
the pit were much more clearly to be 
seen. 

Then said Christiana to Mercy, *Now 
I see what my poor husband went through. 
I have heard much of this place, but I have 
never been here before. Poor Christian! 
be went here all alone in the night It 



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was night almost all through the valley. 
Also these fiends came near him, as if 
they would tear him to pieces. Many 
people have spoken of this valley, but none 
can tell what it really is till they themselves 
go through this Valley of the Shadow of 
Death.' 

' For my part,* said Greatheart, * as I have 
told you already, I have often gone through 
this valley and found it much harder than 
I do now, yet, you see, I am still alive. 
Come, let us pray for light to Him that can 
lighten our darkness.' So they cried and 
prayed, and God sent light and help, for 
now they found that where the pit had 
stopped them there was now no pit Yet 
still they were not out of the valley. 

Then said Mercy to Christiana, *This 
is not so pleasant as being at the Wicket- 
gate, or at the Interpreter's or at the Palace 
Beautiful.' 

*0h, but,' said one of the boys, *it is not 
so bad to go through here, as it would be 
to stay here always. Perhaps one reason 



THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 105 

why we go this way is that our home may 
seem all the sweeter to us.' 

* That is true,* said the guide, * thou hast 
spoken like a man, and we shall be out of 
the valley by and by/ 

So they went on, and Joseph said, * Cannot 
we see to the end of this valley yet? * 

Then said the guide, 'Look carefully 
how you walk, for we shall soon be among 
snares.* So they watched their feet and 
went on, but they were troubled much with 
the snares. 

Now when they were among the snares 
they saw a man fallen into a ditch on the 
left hand, with his flesh all scratched and 
torn. 

And the g^uide said, 'This man was called 
Heedless, and as he went along this way 
he fell into the ditch. Also he has lain 
there a great while. You cannot think 
how many are killed here, yet men are 
foolish and set out on their pilgrimage 
without a guide. Poor Christian! it was 
a wonder that he escaped here. But he 

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was loved by his God, and also he had a 
brave heart, or he could never have done 
it' 

Now they drew towards the end of the 
valley, and just there, out of a cave, came 
forth Maul, a giant. This giant used to 
flatter and spoil young pilgrims. 

When the giant saw Mr. Greatheart, he 
said to him, *How often have you been 
forbidden to do these things ? * 

'What things ? ' said Mr. Greatheart. 

* What things ! * answered the giant, * you 
know what things, but I will put an end 
to your doings,* and he prepared to fight 

*But,* said Mr. Greatheart, * before we 
begin, let us know why we must fight.* 

Now the women and children stood 
trembling and knew not what to do. 

Then said the giant, * Thou art a kidnap- 
per, for thou gatherest together women 
and children, and earnest them into a 
strange country, and so thou makest my 
master's kingdom weaker.* 

* 1 am commanded to do all I can to bring 



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men, women, and children out of thy master's 
kingdom, for thy master is Satan,* said 
Mr. Greatheart. 

Then the giant came up, and Mr. Great- 
heart went to meet him, and as he went 
he drew his sword, but the giant had a 
club. 

At the first blow. Maul, the giant, struck 
Mr. Greatheart down upon one of his 
knees. 

When the women and children saw that, 
they cried. 

So their guide got up again and gave 
the giant a wound in his arm. Thus they 
fought for about an hour, then they sat 
down to rest, but Mr. Greatheart began 
to pray. Also the women and children did 
nothing but sigh and cry all the time the 
battle did last. 

When they had rested and taken breath 
they both begem again, and Mr. Greatheart 
with a blow brought the giant down to 
the ground. Then he ran to him and 
pierced him under the ribs, till the giant 



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began to faint and could hold up his club 
no longer. So Mr. Greatheart smote the 
head of the giant from his shoulders. Then 
the women and children rejoiced, and Great- 
heart also rejoiced, and praised God for 
His help. 

When this was done they put up a pillar, 
and fastened the giant's head on it, and 
wrote underneath in letters that pilgrims 
might read :— 

He that did wear this head, was one 

That pilgrims did misuse ; 
He stopp'd their way, he spared none, 

But did them all abuse ; 
Until that I, Greatheart, arose. 

The pilgrims' guide to be ; 
Until that I did him oppose 

That was their enemy.* 

Now as they went thus on their way, one 
came running to meet them, crying, *Men 
and women, if you love your life, turn and 
flee, for robbers are before you.' 

*Well,' said Mr. Greatheart, *if they 
come, we are ready for them,* so they went 
on their way. Now they looked at every 



THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 109 

turning for the robbers, but perhaps they 
had heard of Mr. Greatheart, for they came 
not up to the pilgrims. 

Christiana then wished for an inn for 
herself and her children, for they were 
weary. 

So they came to the door of an inn, kept 
by a man called Gains, and they asked if 
they might stay there all night 

'Yes,* said Gaius, * if you are true pilgrims, 
for this house is for none but these.* 

Then were they all glad that the innkeeper 
was a lover of pilgrims, and they called 
for rooms. And Gaius showed them one 
for Christiana, one for her children, and 
one for Mercy, and another for Mr. Great- 
heart. 

So after they had bathed, Gaius, the host, 
prepared supper for the pilgrims, and when 
they had all eaten, and after some talk of 
their journey, they all went to rest 

In the morning Samuel whispered to his 
mother, and said, 'Mother, this is a very 
good man's house. Let us stay here a 



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long while, and let my brother Matthew 
be married to Mercy before we go any 
further.* 

And Gaius heard what Samuel whispered 
to his mother, and said, *You may stay 
with a very good will, my child.* 

So they stayed there more than a month, 
and Mercy was married to Matthew, and 
about the same time Phebe, the daughter 
of Gaius, married James. After which 
they stayed yet ten days at Gaius*s house, 
spending their time as pilgrims used to do. 

When they were going to depart, Gaius 
made them a feast, and they did eat and 
drink and were merry. 

Now the hour was come that they must 
go, wherefore Mr. Greatheart called for the 
bill. 

But Gaius told him that at his house it 
was not the custom of pilgrims to pay 
for their entertainment. He looked for 
his pay, he said, from his Master, who had 
promised at His return to faithfully repay 
all. 



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Then Gaius took his leave of them, and 
Mr. Honest, Mr. Feeble-mind, and Mr. 
Ready-to-Halt with his crutches, also joined 
themselves with Mr. Greatheart and his 
pilgrims. 

Thus, therefore, they went on. Mr. Great- 
heart and Mr. Honest went before, 
Christiana and her children went next, 
Mr. Feeble -mind and Mr. Ready-to-Halt 
came behind. 

I saw now that they went on till they 
came to the river that was on this side of 
the Delectable Mountains. Beside this 
river was a house built for the babes and 
little ones belong:ing to the women who 
went on pilgrimage. Also there was One 
here who would carry the babes, and if 
any of them were lost He would find them. 
Here they would be safe from thieves and 
robbers, for this Man would die rather than 
let one of those given into His care be 
lost So here many pilgrims left their little 
ones. 

Now they went on, and they came to the 



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stile over which Christian with Hopeful 
went when they were taken prisoners by 
Giant Despair. Here they sat down and 
wondered what was best to be done. Now 
that they were so strong and had Mr. Great- 
heart for their guide, should they not attack 
the giant? Should they not destroy his 
castle, and, if there were any pilgrims in the 
dungeons, set them free ? 

So one said one thing, and one said 
another, but at last Mr. Greatheart and 
Mr. Honest and Christiana's four sons set 
out for Doubting Castle to look for Giant 
Despair. 

When they came to the castle gates they 
knocked with a great deal of noise, and 
the old giant came to the gate, and his wife 
followed him. 

'Then said the giant, *Who dares to 
disturb Giant Despair? * 

Mr. Greatheart replied, *It is I, Great- 
heart, one of the King's guides. I demand 
of thee that thou open thy gates and let me 
in. Prepare also to fight, for I am come to 



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take away thy head and to destroy Doubt- 
ing Castle.' 

Now Giant Despair, because he was a 
giant, thought no man could overcome him. 
So he put on his armour and went out. He 
had a cap of steel on his head, a breastplate 
of fire girded round him, and he came out 
in iron shoes, with a great club in his hand. 

Then these six men attacked him behind 
and before, and when the giant's wife came 
up to help him, Mr. Honest killed her at one 
blow. Now they fought for their lives, and 
Giant Despair was brought down to the 
ground. He was very grieved to die, and 
struggled hard, but Greatheart was his 
death, for he did not leave the giant till he 
had cut off his head. 

So they began to destroy Doubting Castle, 
and that was easy to do since Giant Despair 
was dead. They were seven days in destroy- 
ing it. 

In the castle they found two pilgrims 
almost starved to death. One was 
Mr. Despondency, and the other was his 



114 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 

daughter, Much Afraid. These two they 
saved, and they followed Mr. Greatheart and 
his company of pilgrims. 

When these pilgrims had thus bravely 
slain Giant Despair, they went on till 
they came to the Delectable Mountains, 
where Christian and Hopeful had seen 
wonderful sights. 

Mr. Greatheart and these pilgrims also 
made themselves known to the Shepherds 
there, who welcomed them, as they had 
done Christian before, to the Delectable 
Mountains. 

Then said the Shepherds, *This is a great 
company. You are welcome to us, and they 
made a feast for the pilgrims, after which 
they all went to rest. 

When morning was come, because the 
day was clear, the Shepherds took them out 
to the fields and showed them all they had 
showed to Christian before. 

Then they took them to some new places. 
And one of these places was called Mount 
Innocent There they saw a man clothed all 
in white. Two men were continually throwing 



THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS I15 

dirt upon him. Now, behold, the dirt would 
in a little time fall off again, and his garment 
would look as clean as if no dirt had been 
thrown at it. 

Then said the pilgrims, *What means 
this?' 

The Shepherds answered, *The white 
garment is to show the goodness of this 
man's life. Now those that throw dirt at 
him are those that hate his goodness. But 
whoever try to make such good men dirty, 
try in vain. For in a little time God makes 
their goodness as plain as the daylight 

Next the Shepherds took them to Mount 
Charity. There they showed them a man 
that had a bundle of cloth lying before him, 
out of which he cut coats and garments 
for the poor, yet his bundle of cloth was 
never smaller. 

Then said the pilgrims, *What does this 
mean ? * 

* This,* said the Shepherds, * is to show you 
that whoever gives to the poor, shall never 
go without himsel£* 

The Shepherds then took them to a place 



Ii6 THE PILGRIM^S PROGRESS 

where they saw one man called Fool, and 
another man called Want-wit, washing a man 
who came from a country where all men are 
black. And the more they washed the man 
the blacker he was. 'Thus,* said the Shep- 
herds, * shall it be with all who pretend to be 
what they are not.* 

By this time they had got to the 
Enchanted Ground, where the air was very 
drowsy. And the place was all grown over 
with briers and thorns, except here and 
there, where there was an enchanted arbour, 
in which, if a man sits, or in which if a man 
sleeps, it sometimes happens that he never 
rises or wakes again in this world. 

Over this forest then they went, with Mr. 
Greatheart going before as their guide. Now 
they had not gone far when a great mist or 
darkness fell upon them all, so that they could 
scarce see one another. The way also here 
was very wearisome through dirt, nor was 
there on all this ground an inn where they 
could refresh themselves. 

Here, therefore, was puffing and sighing, 
while one tumbled over a bush, another 




They saw one man called Fool, and another man called "Want-wit, 
washing a man who came from a country where all men are black 



THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 117 

stuck fast in the dirt, and the children, some 
of them, lost their shoes in the mire. 

* One cried, * I am down,* and another, * Ho, 
where are you ? ' and a third, * I am caught in 
the bushes and I think I cannot get away 
from them.* 

Then the pilgrims asked their guide to 
strike a light, that they might go the rest of 
the way by the help of the light of a lantern. 
So he struck a light, and they went by the 
help of that through the rest of the way, 
though the darkness was very great. 

But the children began to be very weary, 
and they cried out unto Him that loveth the 
pilgrims, to make their way more comfort- 
able. 

When they had gone a little further a wind 
arose that drove away the fog, so the air 
became more clear, and the pilgrims went on 
in joy and trembling. 

After this I beheld that they were come 
into the land of Beulah, where the sun 
shineth day and night. Here, because they 
were weary, they rested a while. And 
because this country belonged to the King 



li8 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 

of the Celestial City, they might use the 
orchards and vineyards there, as if they 
were their own. 

But a little while soon refreshed them 
here, for the bells did ring and the trumpets 
sounded so melodiously that they could not 
sleep, yet they were as refreshed as if they 
had slept very soundly. 

Here also all those who walked in the 
streets cried, *More pilgrims are come to 
town.* And another would answer, saying, 
* And so many went over the water and were 
let in at the golden gates to-day.* 

Then Greatheart and his pilgrims got 
up and walked to and fro. And they 
heard heavenly music and they saw beauti- 
ful sights. 

In this place, too, the children would go 
into the King's garden and gather nose- 
gays for the pilgrims, and bring them to 
them with much affection. 

Now after they had waited for about 
an hour, they heard in the town that a 
letter had come from the Celestial City, 



THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 119 

with news of great importance, to Christi- 
ana, the wife of Christian the pilgrim. 

When the letter was brought to Christiana, 
she read, *Hail, good woman, I bring thee 
tidings that the Master calleth for thee and 
expecteth thou shouldest stand in His 
presence within ten days.* 

Then Christiana told Mr. Greatheart what 
was in her letter, and he said he was 
heartily glad of the news, and would have 
been glad if a letter had come for him. 

And Christiana called for her children 
and blessed them, and told them she was 
glad to have them with her there, and 
that they had kept their garments so white. 

Now the day came when Christiana must 
go, so the road was full of people to see 
her take her journey. But behold, all the 
banks beyond the river were full of horses 
and chariots, which were come to take her 
to the City gate. 

So she came forth and entered the river. 

The last word she was heard to say was, 
*I come. Lord, to be with Thee.* 



120 THE PILGRIM^S PROGRESS 

So her children and friends returned to 
the town, for those that waited for Christiana 
had carried her out of their sight. 

And Christiana entered in at the gate, 
with all the joy that her husband Christian 
had done before. 

When she went away her children wept, 
but Mr. Greatheart played on a harp for joy, 
and afterwards returned to his Master's 
house. He hoped that he might guide 
many more of the holy pilgrims to the 
banks of the river that leads to the gates 
of the Celestial City. 

Now day by day letters came to call away 
the pilgrims that had followed Mr. Great- 
heart, but as for Christiana's children, her 
four sons with their wives and children, 
I did not stay at the riverside till they went 
over. Also since I came away I heard they 
were still alive. 



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